Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-16

general average for Spring wheat Is 81.
8, which Is lower than in recent years.
but thirteen points higher than in 1881.
At harvesting last year the condition
averaged 80.
The area Of Winter rye has been di-
minished over per cent, mainly by a
large reduction in Kansas. Condition
is better than that of wheat, averaging
1873. An apparent enlargement Of the
barley acreage or per cent is indicated.
Condition averages 81, strictly being
above that Of wheat.
CURRANT NOTES.
Cut off the heavy leg feathering of the
Asiatic in Winter. but do not pull out
the feathers, as others will grow on the
legs again.
Professor Stewart reports the feeding
OF lO4 cows on an acre of corn in the
milk, and it gave them full feed for
four days, equal to 416 days for one COW.
The fresher the egg the smaller the
air-sack in the large end and when
cooked the stale egg can be peeled like
an orange but the contents of a fresh
egg adhere to the skin when hardboiled,
Sour sauce-One cup of sugar. half q
cup OF butter, one even teaspoonful OF
flour, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar;
beat all well together; pour over tone
pint Of boiling water, and let it come to
boil. Spice with nutmeg to taste.
Snow drop-One cup Of butter, two
cups of sugar, whites of FIVE eggs, ono
small cup of milk, three full cups of pre-
pared -four; flavor with vanilla and nut
meg. Bake in small round tins. Those
in the shape of futed shells are very
pretty.
Underground bone is cheaper, in
proportion to the amount of phosphorie
acid contained, than superphosphate,
but is not so Immediately available as
plant food. It is best to mix one-third
uperphosphate with two-thirds grounds
one on heavy soils.
Professor johnson, Of Michigan
Agricultural College, writes to the
Rural New Yorker: 1.-The college silo
was built in 1881, as an experiment.
After these years of experience we are
fully satisfied as to the value and econ
omy of silage as an auxiliary fodder.
The rose bugs. which Colonel Pearson
speaks of as devasting Vineland. are
now feasting on Delaware peaches to
an extent that will shorten the crop
materially. Aletter fromSecretary Will
liams gives gloomy account Of the adj
vance of this pest through New Jersey.
An English paper speaks of the silver
bell tree haTesia-as neat, small tree
or large shrub from twelve to twenty
feet in height. We have seen it in the
mountains of North Carolina attaining
the dimensions of a timber tree. One
measured specimen girthed 100 inches
and stood straight as a gun-harrel
with the first limbs forty feet from the
ground.
Mr., Cooper of Coopersburg, is one of
the breeders who is disposed to ehal-
lenge the Holstein men in view of their
elation over success at the New York
Dairy Fair. Mr.. Cooper proposes to
take five daughters of Pedro and match
them against any five Holstsins in a
herd of sixty, the number of his own
cattle. An account is to be kept of
of everything fed, and the butter sold
to some first class firm. Each owner is
to be credited with the sum re-
ceived and the one obtaining
the greatest net earning is to take
$1,000. Mr.. Cooper is after the COW
that gives the largest quantity and best
quality Of butter and milk for the food
consumed.
This picture, drawn by the editor of
that excellentpaper, Mirror and Farmer,
is not cheerful one to contemplate.
He says: It is hard, patent fact that
something must be done to enable the
farmers of this state (New Hanapshire)
to carry on their business with better
results than they are now able to do
or our farming towns, with few excep-
tons. are doomed to dcpopulation.
Taken together, the farmers of New
Hampshire have not made dollar for
the last five years. Their farms are
constantly depreciating in value, and
every year they find more difficult to
make the ends meet. Many OF them
are in debt, and while many have the
savings of former pears invested so as
to make them independent they are add
ing nothing to their accommodations
from any balance from their farms
HINTS AND HELPS.
By asserting the eggs, separating the
dark from the light in color, higher
price will be obtained for both lots.
A ton of wheat worth $2S removes
about 81 worth of plant food from the
farm. A horse grown to serviceable age,
and worth 5000, removes S. worth, aud
ton of butter, worth $500, removes
sixty cents worth. Which crop is most
proftablep
Caramel cake-Cake same as for
cocoanut cake. Filling-One cup Of
sugar, one-half cup Of butter, one-half
cup of cream; favor with vanilla; cook
to = thick syrup, and then spread be-
tween the cakes a
The greatest drawback to dairying is
that the dairgmen buy their cows and
do not raise them. Under such SYSTEM
there can be very little improvement,
while the average yield OF milk can-
not be increased. Under the system
now practiced two cows are Kept where
one would suffice if she were Of an inn
proved breed. Yet the opportunities
for Improvement are within the reach
of all, as single male will change the
characteristics of an entire herd in q
few years.
l. IL : = q -